Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Most of those writing about Harvard approach it with some measure of respect, but the mark of the great of the institution can best be demonstrated by the facetiousness with which some approach Harvard. For if not assured of superiority, one cannot afford to indulge in self-derision...
...young woman entered the office of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. She had heard of this student organization, whose 41 members act as consultants in civil cases for people who cannot afford a lawyer...
...with any new client, the first task was to determine whether the woman was financially eligible for the free services of the bureau. Eligibility is based on income, number of dependents, and pressing financial obligations. If the counsel decides that an applicant can afford professional legal advice, he suggests lawyers in the Boston area who are on the bureau's referral list...
...manage the kitchens protest first that the food is not bad, but actually quite good and nutritious; and then, under further questioning, admit that their budget is rather prohibitive. The Central Kitchen, adequately equipped and staffed, could produce consistently agreeable food if they could afford better raw materials; but an average revenue of 78 cents per meal forces the Kitchen to sacrifice quality in an effort to keep enough food flowing to the dining halls...
Clark pointed to the historical examples of both the ancient Athenian and the modern Western European democracies, which "grew soft" and were consequently taken over by foreign dictators. America cannot afford to maintain this "complacency," he said...